Very nice, Cliff.

I'm (sometimes) guilty and blameworthy, but not always, of: 2, 4, 8, 13,
20, 21

My pet-peeves a 14, 22, 28, 30, 31!, 32!

I think are OK: 26 (if you can work a pun into a well-written piece, I
tip my hat to you)




Cliff wrote in
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Rules of English usage.

1.**Verbs*HAS*to*agree*with*their*subjects.
2.**Prepositions*are*not*words*to*end*sentences*wi th.
3.**And*don't*start*a*sentence*with*a*conjunction.
4.**It*is*wrong*to*ever*split*an*infinitive.
5.**Avoid*cliches*like*the*plague.**(They're*old*h at)
6.**Also,*always*avoid*annoying*alliteration.
7.**Be*more*or*less*specific.
8.**Parenthetical*remarks*(however*relevant)*are*( usually)
*unnecessary.
9.**Also*too,*never,*ever*use*repetitive*redundanc ies.
10. No sentence fragments.
11. Contractions aren't necessary and shouldn't be used.
12. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
13. Do not be redundant; do not use more words than necessary;
******it*is*highly*superfluous.
14.**One*should*NEVER*generalize.
15.**Comparisons*are*as*bad*as*cliches.
16.**Eschew*ampersands*&*abbreviations,*etc.
17.**One-word*sentences?**Eliminate.
18.**Analogies*in*writing*are*like*feathers*on*a*s nake.
19.**The*passive*voice*is*to*be*ignored.
20.**Eliminate*commas,*that*are,*not*necessary.
21.**Never*use*a*big*word*when*a*diminutive*one*wo uld*suffice.
22.**Use*words*correctly,*irregardless*of*how*othe rs*use*them.
23.**Understatement*is*always*the*absolute*best*wa y*to*put*forth
*******earth-shaking*ideas.
24.**Eliminate*quotations.**As*Ralph*Waldo*Emerson *said,*"I*hate
*******quotations.*Tell*me*what*you*know."
25.**If*you've*heard*it*once,*you've*heard*it*a*th ousand*times:*Resist
*******hyperbole;*not*one*writer*in*a*million*can* use*it*correctly.
26.**Puns*are*for*children,*not*groan*readers.
27.**Go*around*the*barn*at*high*noon*to*avoid*coll oquialisms.
28.**Even*IF*a*mixed*metaphor*sings,*it*should*be* derailed.
29.**Who*needs*rhetorical*questions?
30.**Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
31.**Avoid putting apostrophe's in plural's.

And the last one...

32.**Poofread*carefully*to*see*if*you*any*words*ou t.
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